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Jocelyne Shimin Sze

I am a Singaporean Chinese woman who grew up in a privileged, middle-class environment with an interest in biodiversity conservation. Transitioning from a positivist natural scientist background, I am currently seeking to understand the world from diverse and plural perspectives, in pursuit of social and environmental justice. I am particularly interested in decolonial approaches to conservation and in higher education, and in navigating pathways to a degrowth planet.

Education

PhD in Biosciences

School of Biosciences

University of Sheffield, UK

2023 - 2019

MRes in Ecosystem & Environmental Change (Distinction)

Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Imperial College London, UK

2016 - 2015

  • Thesis: The Identification and Predictive Modelling of Global Deforestation Hotspots

BA in Natural Sciences (2nd upper class honours)

Peterhouse

University of Cambridge, UK

2013 - 2012

  • Specialised in Zoology (ecology, conservation & palaeontology)
  • Jardine scholar

Research Experience

Post-doctoral researcher

Conservation Data Justice (CONDJUST)

Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (ICTA-UAB)

current - 2023

  • Examining how geospatial data are used in conservation

GIS consultant

N/A

N/A

2021 - 2019

  • Conducted spatial GIS analysis for the Global Deal for Nature 30 By 30 project, evaluating costs and benefits of expansion of global Protected Areas to 30% by 2030

Research associate

Coupled Human-Natural Systems lab

Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2018 - 2017

  • Evaluated the ecological and social factors behind forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia




Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

School of Biosciences

University of Sheffield, UK

2021 - 2019

  • Served as GTA for undergraduate R courses on R and statistics

Selected Talks and Posters

Missing the trees for the forest: Oversights of Big Data in forest conservation

IUFRO 2024

Stockholm, Sweden

2024

  • Poster presentation for panel on Digital transformation in forest governance- the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Challenging colonial practices in research: A guide for PhD researchers

UKRIO webinar series

UK Research Integrity Office

2024

Engaging geospatial research for more just conservation

ICTA-UAB Conference 2024 Growth Vs Climate

ICTA-UAB, Spain

2024

  • Panel on Data, nature and conservation

Indigenous peoples and conservation: a geospatial perspective

DICE seminar

University of Kent, UK

2023

  • Invited speaker on Indigenous peoples and conservation, presenting work from my PhD research

Quantifying conservation outcomes in Indigenous Peoples’ Lands across the tropics

Brownbag lunchtime seminar

ICIMOD, Nepal

2023

  • Invited speaker on Indigenous peoples and conservation, presenting work from my PhD research

Quantifying conservation outcomes in Indigenous Peoples’ Lands across the tropics

Grantham Institute Internal Seminar and Cake

University of Sheffield, UK

2023

  • Presented on my PhD research

Global protection of biodiversity–Impact of the new CBD framework on German government action

Hearing of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development

German Bundestag

2023

  • Invited expert to speak on the importance and rights of Indigenous peoples in relation to conservation

Publications

Indigenous Peoples’ Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics

Global Change Biology, 30(1), e16981

N/A

2024

  • First author paper as part of PhD research

A global conservation basic income to safeguard biodiversity

Nature Sustainability, 6(8), 1016-1023

N/A

2023

  • Led by Emiel de Lange
  • Conducted the geospatial analyses

Unravelling the Local Dynamics of Increasing Fires in Community Forests of Mid-Hills of Nepal

Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 21(1), 60-71

N/A

2022

  • Led by Sarada Tiwari

Indigenous lands in protected areas have high forest integrity across the tropics

Current Biology, 32(22), 4949-4956

N/A

2022

  • First author paper as part of PhD research

Reduced deforestation and degradation in Indigenous lands pan-tropically

Nature Sustainability, 5(2), 123-130

N/A

2022

  • First author paper as part of PhD research

Indigenous agricultural practices and biodiversity in the occupied Palestinian territories

Reference module in earth systems and environmental sciences

N/A

2021

  • Led by Omar Saif

Evaluating the social and environmental factors behind the 2015 extreme fire event in Sumatra, Indonesia

Environmental Research Letters, 14(1), 015001

N/A

2019

  • First author paper arising from research in CHNS lab in ASE-NTU

Projecting the performance of conservation interventions

Biological Conservation, 215, 142-151

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2017

  • Led by Elizabeth Law